Ill lead off with this for those who dont want to read my rather long post: To sum up - Ann Coulter, bad. Ann Coulter, idiot. Football (soccer), good. But really, watch whatever sports you like and enjoy them. Sports are a diversion from our everyday lives. Lets keep it that way. ---------- I apologize in advance for linking to this... trolls (trying to be family friendly here) website. Had to be done so as to not inadvertently misquote or allow for liberal media bias in any sort of translation. [and just a quick note, I really have nothing against American RunnyKickyThrowyball (football)] ---------- Ann Coulter thinks she knows whats best for us. What is American, and what is not. What you should do, and what you shouldnt. Which sports are worthy of watching, and which are not. She decided to write about soccer. Interesting choice, Ann. And now, some of her quotes, with my responses... Ive held off on writing about soccer for a decade -- or about the length of the average soccer game -- so as not to offend anyone. But enough is enough. Any growing interest in soccer can only be a sign of the nations moral decay. -You, maam, are an idiot. Individual achievement is not a big factor in soccer. In a real sport, players fumble passes, throw bricks and drop fly balls -- all in front of a crowd. When baseball players strike out, theyre standing alone at the plate. But theres also individual glory in home runs, touchdowns and slam-dunks. -Whuh-huh? This is just stupid. Any player can be the hero or the villain. One example I distinctly remember is Landycakes (Landon Donovan to you, Ann) putting his kick into row Z (rather than into the net) at Century Link field in the 2009 MLS Cup (Championship) during the penalty shoot out to determine a winner. Pretty sure LA lost as a result. As for individual achievement, theres Man of the Match, Golden Boot, etc. Liberal moms like soccer because its a sport in which athletic talent finds so little expression that girls can play with boys. No serious sport is co-ed, even at the kindergarten level. -Trying to stay family friendly here, Annie. Best response I can come up with for this is... nope, cant come up with a polite one. Eff off. Girls can play, too. No other sport ends in as many scoreless ties as soccer. -There has to be a score for it to be a good game? Why? It should be hard to run a score up. They dont have big goal posts for them to boot the ball through just because they werent good enough to get it in the end zone. Put it in the goal or you get squat. The prospect of either personal humiliation or major injury is required to count as a sport. -Two words - Steve Zakuani (youtube/watch?v=32O6fDvaoT0) -Two words - Clint Dempsey (youtube/watch?v=gQuGQPpjLLU) Baseball and basketball present a constant threat of personal disgrace. In hockey, there are three or four fights a game -- and its not a stroll on beach to be on ice with a puck flying around at 100 miles per hour. After a [RunnyKickyThrowyball] football game, ambulances carry off the wounded. -Ok, basketball Ill give you because they dont wear protective gear. Nothing else though. Baseball players wear helmets, cups, etc. Hockey players are so padded up they cant move so they just end up punching each other in the face. RunnyKickyThrowyball has almost as much padding as hockey and they have to keep taking breaks in the action so the 300-400+ lb players can catch their breath. Football (soccer) = no pads (ok, shin pads, but those dont count). You cant use your hands in soccer. -No, you cant. So what? Youre not allowed to kick a basketball. I resent the force-fed aspect of soccer[...] I note that we dont have to be endlessly told how exciting [American RunnyKickyThrowyball] football is. -Sure we do. And we have to hear about the steroids, the college football scandals, the brain damage, the murders. Its foreign. -So what? So are you. No, wait, youre an alien. Soccer is like the metric system... -Umm... no, soccer (real football) is like... a game. No American whose great-grandfather was born here is watching soccer. -Yoohoo. Hello? I am. Me. Right here. To sum up - Ann Coulter, bad. Ann Coulter, idiot. Football (soccer), good. But really, watch whatever sports you like and enjoy them. Sports are a diversion from our everyday lives. Lets keep it that way. anncoulter/columns/2014-06-25.html
Posted on: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 05:45:59 +0000
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